My Other Hobby

[Greencoachdog]

I consider myself somewhat of an amatuer landscaper, and enjoy digging in the dirt, planting and growing things. I like to do as much as I can in the yard to make my house on wheels look good!

 

So I had this nasty bare spot in the front yard for all to see when they drove by.

I've seeded it a couple of times in the spring, but during the long, hot, dry summers it would die back to this spot. The ground was just too hard, rocky, and dry.

 

So I decided I would end this eyesore once and for all... I broke out the tiller!... the real tiller!!!

... and I tilled!... and tilled!

... and tilled some more!!! I tilled for days!

The ground was so hard in that area, I'd have had better luck tilling up the asphalt road!!!

 

Finally got it down to an acceptable depth and went to work on my design. Nothing out of a book and nothing drawn out... it was all in my little punkin head.

This the template for the serpentine edging I wanted.

Installing the serpentine edging.

 

Once all the edging was installed, it was time tp put down the weedblock fabric. I use a construction grade silt fence Geotextile fabric and double it (2 layers).

 

With all the fabric installed, it was time to start planting.

 

When all the planting was finished I put the finishing touches on the mulch.

 

All of these plants prefer an arid "desert like" enviorment... which they shall recieve in abundance!!!

Blue Pacific Juniper, grows 1' tall and 6' in diameter. (6)

 

Old Gold Juniper (gold tips in spring) grows 18" tall and 6' in diameter. (2)

 

Pfitzer Gold Juniper (gold tips in spring) grows 18" tall and 6' diameter (2)

 

Bright Edge Yucca, grows to 24" tall and will "clump" to about a 4' diameter with multiple plants, also has a 3' plume of bell shaped flowers in early summer. (4)

 

Blue Rug Juniper, grows 6" tall and 6' diameter (4)

 

Salmon Oleander, grows 6-7' tall and has pink blooms all summer (1)... he looks kinda rough right now but will come out in the spring.

 

Well that's it, it was a lot of hard work but I think it looks better than it did.

 

Thanks for lookin'!

Edited November 28, 2008 by GCD

[lew]

Lookin purty snazzy there, Dawg.

[Whitespinnerbait]

Mighty fine looking job ,, Nothing like playing around in the dirt once in awhile.......

 

[limeyangler]

Darn thats looks good......great job

 

Its left me feeling even more useless.....i spend too much time fishing....soooooooooo many jobs outstanding up here. HEY......great idea.....you should visit up here with us Glen

 

 

I had to laugh......i could not help thinking that bare spot would not be a problem up here in November....hide it with 4 feet of snow

[kickingfrog]

Reel purdy dawg, but the first time the snow plow comes by all those low plants will be covered?

 

Me sooo funny.

[Roy]

Good stuff Senator! Can we please have an aerial shot of that? I just want to know what you're trying to spell on your lawn.

[OhioFisherman]

A lot of trouble to dig up some worms.

[Whopper]

Well done Glen

 

Roy he may have tried to spell OFC but got cornfused

[Nemo]

Nice job GCD.... I really like the attention to detail and the workmanship.

 

I also looked at the satellite photos and it looks like it spells OFC

 

Nice work OFC in space.

[LeXXington]

very nice, looked like lots of work..

[Headhunter]

Man o man.. some guys will do anything to get a couple of dozen "red wigglers"!

HH

[silvio]

growing things.

 

 

What are you growning?? LOL

 

Good job bud... now time to go fishing.

[FLEX ROD]

That looks like it was a lot of hard work, and it also looks great.

 

Wait till it catches and starts to fill in it will look even better and thats when the true reward comes in.

 

Great job,

 

FLEX

[chickenhawk]

nice job GCD....i can respect a job well done when i see one i say i say

 

 

Hawk

[Leecher]

Congratulation on a job well done Glen

 

Looks super nice.... now get back to fishing will ya

[JohnF]

Hey Dawg,

 

If you ever wanna come up and fish the Thames I'll be happy to let you play in the mud on my lawn, provided it ends up looking as nice as yours.

 

JF

[Victor]

that explains the lack of shirtless report I saw on OFC this summer

 

Great job though! It looks amazing.

[TJQ]

Nice job!!

[danbo]

Atta boy! That green thumb will match your green teeth now! You ol' Hillbilly you!

[bigugli]

Great looking job GCD. Given 3-4 years to grow in sufficiently and it will look stunning.

 

Of course you do realize you broke the unwritten law of landscaping(who cares) Planting in 3's.

Rules were meant to be broken.

Edited November 28, 2008 by bigugli

[Wild]

Geeeze landscape is rather flat there I was expecting something a little different

 

But nice job Glen I take it you are an avid supporter of the NRA? and where's the fish pond??

[BUSTER]

looks very nice , on a side note was the grass hard to grow in that spot or didnt grow at all? may be a reason for that and i have found

small gas leaks on the gas pipe IF you have natural gas in the front Blvd, small leaks that go undetected usually dry up the soil to the point

that nothing will go there, just thought i'd mention that, now if you dont have a gas pipe and the grass not growing in that spot wasnt the problem. please disregard...and very nice property!

[packrat]

nice job indeed always liked to do gardening and such myself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did anybody notice that there are NO pics of GCD actually DOING the work tho??????

[SlowPoke]

Did anybody notice that there are NO pics of GCD actually DOING the work tho??????

This is a family site...

He gets half naked fishing. What do you think happens when he works up a good sweat?

[Roy]

I've got a few pics of GCD working but they aren't worth anything. Now if they were autographed!